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title: "Events"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
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  - "Windows Presentation Foundation [WPF], events"
  - "events [WPF], windows"
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# Events (WPF)
[!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_winclient](../../../includes/tlasharptla-winclient-md.md)] introduces routed events that can invoke handlers that exist on various listeners in the element tree of an application.  
  
## In This Section  
 [Routed Events Overview](routed-events-overview.md)  
 [Attached Events Overview](attached-events-overview.md)  
 [Object Lifetime Events](object-lifetime-events.md)  
 [Marking Routed Events as Handled, and Class Handling](marking-routed-events-as-handled-and-class-handling.md)  
 [Preview Events](preview-events.md)  
 [Property Change Events](property-change-events.md)  
 [Visual Basic and WPF Event Handling](visual-basic-and-wpf-event-handling.md)  
 [Weak Event Patterns](weak-event-patterns.md)  
 [How-to Topics](events-how-to-topics.md)  
  
## Reference  
 <xref:System.Windows.RoutedEvent>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.EventManager>  
  
 <xref:System.Windows.RoutingStrategy>  
  
## Related Sections  
 [WPF Architecture](wpf-architecture.md)  
  [XAML in WPF](xaml-in-wpf.md)  
  [Base Elements](base-elements.md)  
  [Element Tree and Serialization](element-tree-and-serialization.md)  
  [Properties](properties-wpf.md)  
  [Input](input-wpf.md)  
  [Resources](resources-wpf.md)  
  [Styling and Templating](/dotnet/desktop-wpf/fundamentals/styles-templates-overview)  
  [WPF Content Model](../controls/wpf-content-model.md)  
  [Threading Model](threading-model.md)